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In General
An Italian-American mob family based in Las Venturas and one of Leone's rivals. They were led by Paulie Sindacco before his death in 1998.
- Arch-Enemy: The Leones and the Forellis.
- Cool Car: The Sindacco Argento is the gang's car, which resembles an Audi wagon.
- The Don: Paulie Sindacco.
- Greaser Delinquents: The Sindacco Family in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories are technically a Mafia family, but in the game evoke more of this trope, with their slicked-back 50's hairstyles, brown leather jackets, use of dated slang from the 50's and 60's (albeit cloaked in a thick Brooklyn accent).
- How the Mighty Have Fallen: They were a powerful mob family that controlled several sectors in both Las Venturas and Liberty City. By the end of Liberty City Stories, Paulie Sindacco is dead, the gang lost all their influence and completely gone from Liberty City, making Las Venturas their only turf, which explains their absence in III.
- The Mafia: An Italian-American mob family.
- Meaningful Name: Sindacco is either a spelling mistake or a variation on the word Sindaco, which is Italian for "mayor".
- Mob War: Prior to the events of Liberty City Stories, Paulie decided to expand Sindacco's influence to Liberty City, causing them to claim Red Light District, Hepburn Heights and Newport as their turf.
Bosses
Paulie Sindacco
The leader of the Sindacco family in 1998.
- Arch-Enemy: To Salvatore.
- Dirty Coward: When Toni is sent by Salvatore to kill Paulie for having him arrested, Paulie attempts to flee Liberty City in a boat, with several armed men on the boat assigned to protect him from Toni.
- The Don: Of the Sindacco Family.
- Elvis Impersonator: He dresses in gaudy rhinestone suits, wears sunglasses all the time, and keeps his hair in a hilariously out-of-style pompadour. His headstone even reads "Viva Las Venturas."
- Jerkass: Mocks Toni while he is being chased by him including telling him to “swim over here and kiss his ass”.
Underbosses
Johnny Sindacco
The underboss of the Sindacco family in 1992.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: CJ tortures Johnny by driving recklessly around Las Venturas with him tied to CJ's car's windshield to frighten him into telling him which family he belongs to.
- Hollywood Heart Attack: He dies from a heart attack after seeing CJ.
- Trauma Button: This is how he dies, from a heart attack after seeing CJ not long after he tortured him.
- Vehicular Kidnapping: He is transported in an ambulance after he was discharged from the hospital; however, the Forellis hijack the vehicle to kill him in a secluded place, causing Rosenberg to order CJ to rescue him.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Johnny is forced to order his men to kill Mickey, who was in charge of the Caligula's Palace to get a third party to manage it, so Salvatore will invest there.
Associates
Joseph Daniel "JD" O'Toole
The perverted owner of the Sindacco-backed Paulie's Revue Bar, and later ally of Toni and the Leone family.
- Bald of Evil: He is bald and an associate of the Sindaccos before defecting to the Leones.
- Boom, Headshot!: He is shot in the head by Mickey.
- Burial at Sea: Toni dumps the car with his dead body inside into the sea, though his body is later recovered and buried at Staunton Island cathedral.
- Creepy Uncle: He implies that his uncle is a paedophile.
- Dirty Old Man: He's a total sexual deviant who indulges a number of fetishes; the first time we see him, he is in a greasy gimp suit. He also spends a lot of time with prostitutes, both working as a pimp and in his free time.
- Fat Bastard: He's an obese sleazeball who is involved with various mobsters.
- Half-Breed Discrimination: He's part-Irish, which prevents him being anything more than an associate to the Sindacco family, which in turn leads him to defect to the Leones.
- In the Back: He is shot in the back of his head by Mickey.
- The Mole: He started to work for the Leones as their inside man because Paulie Sindacco refused to have him made.
- Noodle Incident: He mentions the FBI searching for his hard drive for something; he never mentions what it was, but it's implied to be something disturbing.
- Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: JD defects to the Leones, and after helping Toni weaken the Sindaccos, he was murdered on Salvatore's orders, since his defection from the Sindaccos indicated that he could do something similar to the Leones.
- Sexis Violence: In the mission "Snuff", after Toni kills some Sindacco members at a construction site and collects one's cell phone, JD calls him and reveals he filmed the entire thing, telling Toni its for "his own use."
